Arsene Wenger: England have missed out on this Arsenal ace

ARSENE WENGER reckons England have missed out after Alex Iwobi opted to pledge his international future to Nigeria.

Published 1st February 2016

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The Lagos-born youngster represented the Three Lions at youth level.

But he has decided to follow in the footsteps of his uncle Jay Jay Okocha and represent the country of his birth.

The 19-year-old – who stood out as Arsenal booked their place in the FA Cup fifth round – has now been capped twice at senior level and Wenger believes Iwobi could feature in the final months of the campaign.

The Arsenal manager said: “He has shown everybody that he is a good football player, again.

“He’s a boy who two years ago not many would have said, ‘This will be a good player’. He develops very well. He’s very clever.

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“Iwobi should play for England”

Arsene Wenger

“I have a hesitation about sending him out on loan because I think this guy could very quickly play.

“But he’s one you can miss because he plays for Nigeria now. He should play for England.

“I remember I wouldn’t release him for an U23 friendly tournament. Then Nigeria called him up for the senior team to force him to go.”

Calum Chambers put Arsenal ahead in the 20th minute and Alexis Sanchez clinched the win after Sam Vokes had equalised.

Chambers made the most of a rare starting appearance but is likely to drop back down to the bench when former club Southampton visit on Tuesday.

But the defender insists he has no regrets about moving to the Emirates Stadium despite his lack of starts.

He said: “I’m pleased with how it’s all going. I want to be in the first team, I want to be in the squad as soon as possible and I’m training as hard as I can, learning.

“And when I don’t play I take it on the chin. I still watch the boys, support the boys and that’s what you have to do.”

Burnley striker Andre Gray believes Sean Dyche’s side showed they are good enough to book a Premier League return.

He said: “We wanted to test ourselves and a lot of people have been here already and we showed we can compete in this league.

“We need to concentrate on the league now so we can play them again next season.

“After coming so close with Brentford last season it makes me all the more determined to do it the proper way through automatic promotion rather than relying on the play-offs, where anything can happen.”